Chapter 32: "Is this how you behave with all your in-laws?"

Alora and I make our way to the breakfast table almost awkwardly and I can feel her shaking beside me. My ears twitch at every shudder that goes through her.

Almost instinctively I reach for her hand, and I am glad when she takes it.

Despite the relative calmness of the surroundings when I stepped in, I realise there’s actually a number of things going on.

There’s a large tattooed man in the kitchen at the far end of the large room. That is where all the cooking takes place, I guess Caelum Maximoff likes to watch his food being prepared even if it’s from a distance, AND of course the large tatted man is bald too, he’s probably some celebrity chef.

We get to the dining table, and though I can feel Alora’s hesitation, I still drag her with me.

We could choose to sit at the far end of the table, away from all of them, but I'd like to know what’s going on here, and who the mystery person is.

I take the seat after the free seat closest to Caelum.

He sits at the head of the table, while th